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Steam & Excursion > Big Boy in the NewsDate: 05/04/14 18:59 Big Boy in the News Author: spjim Channel 4 News in Los Angeles (NBC) ran a story this evening about the UP Big Boy. The newsman completed the report by stating that "when the Big Boy is restored it will be able to run on fuel rather than steam." Good grief.
Jim Lancaster Date: 05/04/14 19:05 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: UPTRAIN Ugh...wow. Just straight "fuel" huh? LOL
Pump Date: 05/04/14 19:13 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: Narniaman Hmmm. . . .is that "fuel" like dragsters use?
Just another example of how journalists are not necessarily the brightest bulbs in the bin. . . . Date: 05/04/14 19:34 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: HotWater Journalism is DEAD in the U.S.!
Date: 05/04/14 19:39 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: PHall HotWater Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Journalism is DEAD in the U.S.! TV news is NOT journalism! It's "entertainment". Date: 05/04/14 22:43 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: jgmiller It's even more sad when one of the talking heads realizes what they are reading is wrong and you can see it on their face but they do it anyway!
Date: 05/05/14 04:28 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: Keystone1 Now...when you hear ""journalists" say such inaccurate things about a subject that you are very knowledgeable...can you imaging how wrong they are on topics of which you have no knowledge.
Date: 05/05/14 04:54 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: NWClassJ Narniaman Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Hmmm. . . .is that "fuel" like dragsters use? > > Just another example of how journalists are not > necessarily the brightest bulbs in the bin. . . . Yeah a new class.....top oil. Date: 05/05/14 07:55 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: milepost180 I'm certainly glad they figured out how to run the Big Boy on fuel instead of steam. Steam is wet, it hisses, it can vaporize, and no one likes that!
Date: 05/05/14 08:57 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: Alco251 Before painting "all journalism" with a broad brush, I offer these links to stories we aired on the move of 4014.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=9326586 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=9519900 Several affiliates in Salt Lake City did fine reports on the arrival of 4014 over the weekend. Their links can be found in earlier posts. Date: 05/05/14 09:25 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: HotWater But David, you are one of the rarest of the rare in the TV journalism field!
Date: 05/05/14 15:54 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: davew833 I work for KSL TV, the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City. While I'm not a reporter, I did my best to coordinate with the reporter covering the #4014 story to make sure his reporting was accurate. I was pleased for the most part with how KSL covered it.
Date: 05/05/14 18:34 Re: Big Boy in the News Author: Copy19 In explaining to reporters that 8444 was a coal burner but converted to burn oil they thought it wasn't a "real" steam locomotive anymore. My favorite was a TV reporter down in Kansas was asked me on camera "what is that big black thing in front of the train?"
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